People · Bangladesh
Tawsiful Islam
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ISLA03
Tawsiful Islam has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Monsoon Cube Open Bangladesh 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Bangladesh. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2017, he has put 245 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.99 in December 2017 to 7.86, a 34% improvement. Tawsiful has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bangladesh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 11.58 | top 2.5% | 29 / 773 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 5.85 | top 15.6% | 79 / 521 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.55 | 28.85 | top 24.7% | 71 / 328 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.23 | 1:45.77 | top 32.4% | 38 / 108 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.26 | 1:07.26 | top 38.9% | 114 / 255 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 14.78 | top 49.9% | 194 / 428 | |
| Skewb | 13.97 | 28.91 | top 74.6% | 124 / 173 | |
| 6×6 | 4:40.87 | 5:25.81 | early days — 3 solves | 33 / 41 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 41 / 52 | |
| 7×7 | 9:10.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 28 / 31 | |
| Megaminx | 5:20.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 127 / 130 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2019.
- 20 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Knights Cubing Open 2019.
- 2 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Dhaka Spring Open 2018.
- 2 Mar 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Dhaka Spring Open 2018.
- 23 Dec 2017First competition: Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2017. A 13.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IUT Esonance 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- Cube Carnival Bangladesh 2023 · 31 Mar 2023
- Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2019 · 19 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Knights Cubing Open 2019 · 20 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Monsoon Cube Open Bangladesh 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dhaka Spring Open 2018 · 2 Mar 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Taosif Amin Sahil — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Farhanul Haque Khan — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.